Newly translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compar'd & revis'd. By His Ma[jestie]'s special command. Appointed to be read in churches. Pp. [1040], the text printed double column within red hand-ruled borders, engraved decorative title page, two decorative tailpieces; contemporary red goatskin, elaborately decorated..... More about THE HOLY BIBLE, Containing the Old Testament and the New:
and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches. Pp. [414]+58(A companion to the Altar: shewing the nature... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
And Administration of the Sacraments And other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Church of England.... [bound with] HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN for use in services of the church. Pp. xl+416+[iv]+480(last colophon), index of first lines of hymns; f'cap. 12mo; oyster silk, studded with..... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian state and worship. Pp. [ii]+256+[22](index), engraved frontispiece portrait; [bound with] HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. In three books. I. Collected from the Scriptures. II. Composed on divine subjects. III. Prepared for the Lord's Supper. Pp. [ii]+236+[8](index); small f'cap..... More about THE PSALMS OF DAVID
Seven miniature broadsides printed in red & black or blue & black; each 7 x 5 cm.; loosely contained in a pocket on the lower pastedown of a marbled papered portfolio with ribbon tie to fore-edge and full size horizontal title label on verso of upper board; Tabula Rasa Press... More about PORTFOLIO OF BROADSIDES
With twenty-five illustrations by Bernard Partridge. To which is added "Au Revoir", a dramatic vignette. Pp. 116(last blank), frontispiece with tissue guard, pictorial extra title page, 23 full page illustrations, notes; pictorial dark green cloth over bevelled boards, lettered & decorated in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed, cloth slightly frayed... More about PROVERBS IN PORCELAIN
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. xvi+120, frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 31 plates, text illustrations, notes; dark green pictorial cloth, lettered & decorated in gilt, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bumped; a.e.g.; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, ownership inscription at head of half-title page, a little light..... More about THE STORY OF ROSINA and other verses
Illustrated by Hugh Thomson. Pp. xvi+120, frontispiece with tissue guard, plus 31 plates, text illustrations, notes; pictorial maroon cloth over bevelled boards, lettered & decorated in gilt, lightly rubbed, the spine cloth slightly faded; t.e.g., others uncut; hinges starting, free endpapers lightly offset, a little light foxing and occasional soiling;..... More about THE STORY OF ROSINA and other verses
The Celts believed that springs and wells were the entrances to the mysterious 'underworld' or 'Faeryland'. [Artist's Book]. A collection of Celtic tales and characters, lettered and illustrated with bamboo pen and brown ink on handmade deckle edge paper; 27 x 20 cm.; hand embroidered and painted cloth boards, velvet... More about CELTIC FOLKLORE:
Pp. [ii]+192, illustrated in colour throughout (many double page), biographies; roy. 4to; Bay Books, Sydney, 1981. Deluxe edition, being one of 200 numbered copies, signed by author and artist. *This copy individually bound by Australian publisher, bibliophile and craft bookbinder Richard Griffin (Sydney, 1990), in full red leather over bevelled... More about THE ARTIST & THE DESERT
Pp. xvi+182, 72 plates (8 coloured), black & white half-title and title page vignettes and text illustrations, index; bound for Richard Griffin by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in qr. red morocco, the spine lettered and ruled in gilt between raised bands, with the owner's initials in gilt, marbled papered boards, slightly... More about VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN & COLOUR PRINTING
[First and Second Series]. In two volumes. First Series: With illustrations by C. S. Ricketts. Pp. xiv+212+[2](colophon, verso blank), frontispiece and 5 plates with tissue guards (one depicting the author's bookplate, designed by William Bell Scott), the title page printed in red & black; light green cloth, lettered and decorated... More about POEMS DRAMATIC AND LYRICAL
Compiled and arranged by T. Johnson Salt, organist and choirmaster, S. Mary and All Saints, Trentham. Pp. 64(last blank), printed music; handsomely bound by Bagguley in full brown morocco over bevelled boards, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards panelled in gilt & blind, with gilt corner decorations, the... More about TRENTHAM HYMNAL
A romance. With a translation by J. P. Collier. Illustrated with sixteen engravings in outline by Henry Moses, from the designs of Retsch. [Text in German and English]. Pp. 32(last colophon)+16 engraved plates with blank interleaves; med. 4to; nineteenth century dark green morocco, the boards featuring a hand-painted coloured floral... More about THE FIGHT WITH THE DRAGON
Complete in 48 volumes, totalling approximately 18,000 pages, each volume with an engraved frontispiece and vignette title page, several extra plates (see footnote), an engraved dedication leaf Volume I, folding plan (of Kenilworth Castle) at the end of Volume 23, glossary Volume 48; post 12mo; bound by Kerr & Richardson... More about WAVERLEY NOVELS
Nearer My Bard To Thee. Pp. [viii]+82+[4](colophon, last blank), frontispiece, 2 text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; 6.5 x 5.5 cm.; maroon suede, spine lettered in gilt, the upper board featuring an onlaid metal bust of Shakespeare within a decorative gilt roundel; The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, Illinois, 1993.Edition limited to... More about WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Six printed items of varying sizes, contained within a multi-compartmented red leather clamshell box with marbled papered sides, the box lightly worn. Comprises 3 increasingly smaller editions of the title work, each bound in slightly different shades of gilt lettered red leather; plus A Thimblefull of Books (a 36 page... More about THE ROSE GARDEN OF OMAR KHAYYAM [and related items